PDF malware analysis — malicious · dad6b30ed063812a

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB

MD5: 9e6f51b65df588e3dae1473988a9730a SHA-1: e399c46ec18e6f23c64765406315adfce56c3147 SHA-256: dad6b30ed063812aae1912a47f691ed2fa08919d7ec4dade73e4fa62106f65ab

186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link or Document: User Execution: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link or Document: User Execution: Malicious Document

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, triggered by the CVE-2007-5659 exploit targeting the Collab.collectEmailInfo function. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but is identified as a stager. The primary function of this stager is to decode and execute further malicious code, characteristic of a downloader or initial access exploit. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063' further confirms its malicious nature.

Heuristics 7

Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659

PDF JavaScript calls Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 is a buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by a long argument or heap-sprayed message field passed to Collab.collectEmailInfo(). Part of a series of Acrobat JS API exploits. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063
Annotation subject callee-key hex JavaScript stager high PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_CALLEE_HEX_STAGER

PDF JavaScript uses syncAnnotScan()/getAnnots() to read an indirect annotation /Subject stream, percent-decodes it through marker replacement, then uses a callee.toString()-derived key to decode and eval the final exploit stage.
JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT

PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS

PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN

PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed stream)
Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE

One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `eb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D	273 bytes
`annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js` `87334b761271b95f5159ec67e2acf856921b88f704dafc84a03918c95a7c7944`	deobfuscated-js	annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14A	5380 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `c3cbf1586d2d555cbf43536c319efa3d6a1717d07c2d313ee2b9465673fa4524`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D6	12665 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `b58ddca2f2259a42829980e165bacb9c88660109f7f3439de3d077cc7ae8373b`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	84251 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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